Although there is now an extensive understanding of the diversity of microbial life on earth
through culture-independent metagenomic DNA sequence analyses, the isolation and …

The identification and proper naming of microfungi, in particular plant, animal and human
pathogens, remains challenging. Molecular identification is becoming the default approach …

Microbial systematics is heavily influenced by genome-based methods and challenged by
an ever increasing number of taxon names and associated sequences in public data …

Most prokaryotes are not available as pure cultures and therefore ineligible for naming
under the rules and recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature of …

Natural microbial communities are phylogenetically and metabolically diverse. In addition to
underexplored organismal groups, this diversity encompasses a rich discovery potential for …

Numerous diverse microorganisms reside in the cold desert soils of continental Antarctica,
though we lack a holistic understanding of the metabolic processes that sustain them. Here …

Practical experiments drive important scientific discoveries in biology, but theory‐based
research studies also contribute novel—sometimes paradigm‐changing—findings. Here, we …

Abstract The Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD)(https://gold. jgi. doe. gov/) is a manually
curated, daily updated collection of genome projects and their metadata accumulated from …

The classification of life forms into a hierarchical system (taxonomy) and the application of
names to this hierarchy (nomenclature) is at a turning point in microbiology. The …

Marine algae annually sequester petagrams of carbon dioxide into polysaccharides, which
are a central metabolic fuel for marine carbon cycling. Diatom microalgae produce sulfated …